Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Ban Bonuses for All VA Employees Through 2016
Bill would expand veterans’ access to care outside VA facilities.
Management
Employers, You Should Not Be Selling the Job in the Interview
There’s only one person who should be doing the hard sell during an interview—and it’s not the employer.
Management
IRS Embraces Long-Sought Taxpayer Bill of Rights
Commissioner says public education tool will help employees do their jobs.
Nextgov
VA Schedulers Failed to Fully Use Wait List Software Created in 2002
Ignored internal system at least once on 731 facilities probed.
Tech
Need to Know Memo: Big Data Brings Advances, Perils
Breaking down a presidential panel's report on big data analytics.
Nextgov
Survey: Up to 70 Percent of Government IT Staff Will Depart Within 5 Years
The top workforce challenge identified by CIOs was workforce planning.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Clears 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops
Increase is higher than Senate and White House-backed plans.
Defense
Child Migrants Claim They're Being Abused By U.S. Border Officials
Some of the tens of thousands of children who have crossed the border since 2011 claim that they've been physically and verbally abused by border patrol agents.
Defense One
Where Will CENTCOM’s Post-War Funding Come From?
U.S. Central Command won’t be able to rely on the Pentagon’s war budget anymore to pay for counterterrorism operations around the world, a new report warns. By Stephanie Gaskell
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Will Start Hearing What Their Employees Really Think This Summer
OPM says it will begin sending feedback from the annual employee job satisfaction survey to agencies in August.
Management
Social Media Metrics for Government: A Manager's Handbook
How to make sure online efforts advance strategic goals.
Oversight
Prosecuting VA Officials Would be 'Shot Heard Around the System'
Sixty-nine VA facilities -- not including Phoenix -- are under investigation by the VA’s inspector general office.
Management
Hillary Clinton on Benghazi Scandal: 'It's More of a Reason to Run'
6 things we learned from Hillary Clinton's interview with Diane Sawyer.
Defense
Insiders Support Bergdahl Swap—but Just Barely
Not one expert said Eric Shinseki's resignation would fix the massive problems in the VA health care system.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Want to Overhaul Pay and Benefits for Border Patrol, Firefighters
Reformers hope to end widespread abuse of overtime privileges among border agents.
Oversight
House Again Targets VA Managers Who 'Drag Their Feet and Don’t Do Their Jobs'
Lawmakers pass another bill making it easier to fire and withhold bonuses from VA supervisors.
Nextgov
IRS Illegally Gave Taxpayer Data to the FBI in 2010, Republicans Say
Move is evidence of effort to undermine conservative groups, lawmakers say.
Defense One
Rebuilding Bipartisan Consensus on National Security
The rough consensus that once guided American foreign policy has shattered. It’s time to put it back together. By Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine
Management